Woven carrier.



V. H. JENNINGS.

WOVEN CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.2. 191s.

Patented Des. 18, 1917.

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V. H. JENNINGS.

WOVEN CARRIER.

APPucATloN man 1m61.191s.

Patented Deo. 17.

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VICTOR H. J ENNIN GS, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, T0 UNIVERSAL PATENTS COMPANY, 0F WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, A'

CORPORATION 0F RHODE ISLAND.

WOVEN CARRIER.

l To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR H. JENNINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in- Woven Carriers, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has relation to carriers which are woven with pockets adapted to serve as receptacles, more especially (though not exclusively) ammunition carriers having pockets designed to contain cartridges. The

f main principles ofthe invention may be embodied in a carrier havin@ one pocket, but a more important embodiment thereof is in a carrier having a plurality of pockets in a continuous series and either made up in the form of a cartridge-carrier or belt for use in a machine-gun, or in ,a form to be worn as a carrier |for ammunition.

The invention is, more particularly, an improvement in woven carriers of the type in which a pocket is in the form of a tubular loop that stands out bodily from one surface of a supporting web and is adapted to contain a single cartridge. It provides a carrier of this type in which a portion of the length of the said outstanding tubular loop is of a smaller diameter constituting con striction which is adapted to tit a pofrtlon of reduced diameter of the article inserted into the pocket. For instance, when an embodiment of the invention is used 'as a cartridge-carrier, the said constriction ts the small diameter of a cartridge at its bullet-vend, as is desired especially in the case of the cartridge-carriers or belts thatI are used in machine-guns.

The invention consists, further, in a woven carrier comprising a supporting web and a pocket or series of pockets each constituted by a tubular loop, integral with the said web, standing out from one surface of the latter, with the sides of one portion of the outstanding tubular loop springing from the web on lines separated by a plurarlity of picks of the web, producing thereby in such portion an arch of comparatively wide spread, and with the sides of an adjoining portion of the said loop springing from the web on a narrow base in connection with Specication of Letters Patent.

the web and producing a constriction of relatively-reduced diameter. l

Other improvements constituting-features of the invention are set forthin claims at the close of this specification.

One general object of the invention is to produce a woven carrier having a pocket which, in addition to having a construction adapted to fit' a reduced portion of the article that is inserted into the pocket, as for instance the bullet-end of a Cartridge, shall be of a character to remain open aft its entrance or mouth-end so as to facilitate the introduction of the article. especial importance in the case of a cartridge-carrier or belt for use in a machinegun. The attainment of the said object in the case of machine-gun cartridge-carriers or beltsfacilitates the loading of the latter by automatic machinery, and avoids the drawbacks of the carriers or belts now in use, These latter are composed of tapes fastened together by binders at intervals so as to leave slits to receive cartridges, and they present dil'liculties in the loading owing to the tendency of the two tapes to close together so as to render it difficultto find and enter the slits. The invention has other objects, both general and special, among which are that of dispensing with the metal binders which heretofore have been employed in making machine-gun carriers or belts, and that of producing a strong and Patented Dec. 18, 12917.v

Application aied august 2, 191e. serial No. 112,835.

This is of serviceable low-cost machine-gun carrier or Figure l is an isometric view of a portion of a cartridge-carrier or belt for machineguns containing the said embodiment with three cartridges held or carried thereby.

Fig. 2 is a view of a short length of the said carrier or belt, looking at the large i ends of the pockets or loops.

Fig- 3 is a vew'threcf looking at the small ends or constrictions of the pockets or loops. A

Fig. 4 s a diagram illustrative of a weave which may be adopted in practice, looking' at the large end of a pocket or loop.

Fig. 5 is a similar diagram looking at the small end or constriction of a pocket or loop. y

Fig. 6 is a diagram on line 6, 6, of Flg. 4, with the two plies brought close together.

Fig. 'l' is a diagram showing a modification in the binding of the two web-plies together adjoining the constriction of a. loop or pocket.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing a modified fabric construction by which the small end of a pocket or loop is rendered proportion ately larger and produced with a wider base.

Fig. 9 shows a portion of a machine gun belt embodying the invention, partly rolled up.

Having reference to the drawings,-

T he suppo1tingweb l upon which the loops or pockets 2, 2, etc., are formed is in this instance, in practice, of the continuous length that is required for use in a niachine-gun. See Fig. S). ln other instances, the said web will be of a length suitable to the desired kind of carrier or belt and the number of loops or pockets with which the latter`is furnished; thus, when the reception and support of but a single article are to be provided for, the length of web of a carrier will be only suf-h as is required for the proper application, attachment, or the like of the single loop or pocket that in that case will be employed. As usualin woven carriers, the length of the loops or pockets 2, 2, extends transversely across the web l, such length corresponding with such width or varying therefrom according as may be desired. The constriction 2a, of each loop or pocket of any desired width in practice, either relatively greater or less than in Fig. l of the drawings, as may be found necessary or advisable. It preferably constitutes one' endportion of the loop or pocket, but in the case of carriers for other special purposes it may be located between the ends of the loop or pocket. The correspondence in form between the loop with its constriction, and the portions of a cartridge which occupy the loop, is shown clearly in ifig.A l, which shows also the manner in which the constriction limits the extent of the entrance of the cartridge into a loop or pocket, and the absolute uniformity in the positions of the cartridges af, a1, rc, in the series ag'iplied to a multiple-loop or pool-zet carrier or belt.

Se far as the broad aspects of the invention. are concerned, the weave or weaves adopted in practice in producing tile sup purr-ff( web and one or more loo is or noch( s with eonstrictions, integral with the supporting-web, may tary. Any approved type or types of weave may be adopted as preferred or as circumstances may dictate, except in those instances in which the special features of invention which are claimed separately hereinafter are material. The drawings show the supporting web between and adjoining the loops or pockets as of two-ply weave with the two plies tied together by means of binder warps, and with the loops`or pockets formed of one of t-he said plies, which is woven separately for the production thereof. 'The number of plies is not material, while in some thereof the warp-threads employed for the loops or pockets may be buried between plies of the web intermediate oneloop or pocket and the next, or may be tied in at the sides of the loops orpockets and floated at the back of the web between one loop or pocket and the next, and subsequently be cut off. Either a single-shuttle loom may be employed for the weaving, or a two-.shuttle loom, and the mode of weaving adopted in practice will be such as to suit the number of shuttles employed.

In producing a web having a loop or pocket with constriction, of the weave that is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the two plies of the web are woven coextensively, from right to left in Fig. 5, which is left to right in Fig. 4, to and including the picks y, such-plies being duly bound together, as by 'binder warps ne, which latter in this case engage with the pick of the upper ply across the entire width of web, as they also do with alternate upper-ply picks preceding pick For the next two picks l, 2, and l, 2a, in both plies following picks m, y, the upper ply is woven unconnected with the lower ply as shown in Fig. 4, in the part o'f the former ply pertaining to the ortion of large diameter of the loop or docket, but bound to the lower ply, as shown in Fig. 5, in the part of the upper p'ly which is adjacent to the constriction. Thereafter for a number of picks (3 to 19, inclusive) the upper ply is woven entirely unconnected Awith the lower ply throughout the entire length of the loop or pocket, while a smaller number of picks, in this instance one pick, 19a, is woven in the lower ply. The absence of connection between the two plies is indicated in Fig. 6. Then for two picks 20, 21, and 20a, 21a. in each ply, the upper ply is woven unconnected with the lower ply in the large portion of the loop or pocket, as in Fig. 4, but

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bound thereto 1n the portion adjacent to the Lacasse across intermediate portions of the distance that is subtended by the arc constituted by the portion of larger diameter, I may bind such portions of the two plies together by means of binder-picks of weft, as in li`ig. 7 On comparison of Figs. 4L and 5 it will be observed that in the present embodiment of the invention the wall of the loop or pocket is of uniform thickness from end to end of the latter.

As a result of binding lthe picks 1, 2, 20 and 2l, of the upper ply to the lower ply fora portion 4of the length of the loop or pocket, but leaving them unbound to the lower ply for the remaining portion of the said length, the loop or pocket is made smaller in the place where the constriction is desired than in the main or full-size portion thereof. As is apparent in Figs. 4 and 5, the outstanding wall of the -loop or pocket contains fewer picks of weftin the constricted end-portion than elsewhere. The sides of the portion of large diameter spring from the web on lines that 'are separated from each other by a space corresponding with a plurality of picks in the lower ply of the web, producing thereby an arch that is comparatively wide-spread at its base. Those of the portion of smaller diameter, namely the constriction, spring from the web on lines more closely adjoining each other; in this instance immediately adjoining. Thus the constriction has a narrow base in connection with the web, whereas the large-diameter portion has a comparatively broad base. This broad base prevents the loop or pocket from displacing or overturning sidewise, which is a liability in the case of a loop or pocket connected with the i-.supporting-web by a narrow neck or base as in Fig. 5 throughout the entire length of the loop or pocket. This liability would be undesirable in the case of various carriers, and especially so, and inconvenient, in the case of lmachine-gun carriers or belts, on account of the resulting diihculty in automatically loading such carriers or belts, and on account of the drawbacks or disadvantages incident to displacement of the loops or pockets in a machine-gun when en gaged and acted upon by the pusher-devices of the latter.

lVhen the features of the invention are embodied in a machine-gun carrier or belt, as well as in various other embodiments of the said features, the outstanding loops or pockets are open at both ends, although in some embodiments the loops or pockets may be closed at one end. To prevent the selvage warp at the constricted end of a loop or pocket from being broken by the eXpansion due to the entrance of a cartridge, and to obviate cutting or abrasion by the rough or hard edges of the small ends of the shells of cartridges. I employ a strong warpyarn or thread b, preferably one of linen. I have obtained successful results with a 5ply linen thread.v

In Fig. 8 a small end or constriction is made larger in diameter than in Fig. 5 by reason 'of having the picks y20, 21, unbound to the back ply at one side of the loop or pocket. l

I claim as my invention,-

1. A woven carrier comprising a supporting web and a pocket constituted by a loop standing out from one surface thereof, the said outstanding pocket-loop woven integral with the said web, of one diameter for a portion of its length and of a smaller diameter for a second portion thereof constituting a constriction, with the sides of said portion of larger diameter springing from the web on lines separated by a plurality of picks of the web, producing thereby an arch of comparatively wide spread, and .with those of the said portion of smaller diameter or constriction springing from the web on lines more closely adjoining each other.

2. A woven carrier comprising a supporting web and a series of pockets constituted by loops woven integral therewith and standing out from one surface thereof, and each of one diameter for a portion of its length and of a smaller diameter for a second portion thereof constituting a constrction, with the sides of said portion of larger diameter springing from the web on lines separated by a plurality of picks of the web, producing thereby an arch of comparatively wide spread, and with those of the said smaller diameter or constriction springing from the web on lines more closely adjoining each other. p

3. A woven carrier comprising a web and a pocket constituted by a loop standing out from one surface thereof, the said outstanding loop woven integral with the said web, open at both ends, of one diameter for a portion of its length and of a smaller diam- 'eter for a second portion thereof constituting a constriction, with the sides of said larger diameter springing from the web on lines a-distance apart, and with those of the said smaller diameter or constriction springing from the web on lines close together.

4. A. woven carrier comprising a supporting web and a series of pockets constituted by loops standing out from one surface thereof, the said outstanding loops woven integral with the said web, each open at both ends, of one diameter for a portion of its length and of a smaller diameter for a second portion thereof constituting a constriction, with the sides of said larger diameter springing from the web on lines a distance apart, and with those of the smaller diameter or constriction springing from the web on lines close together.-

5. A woven carrier comprising a web and a pocket constituted by a loop standing out from one surface thereof, thesaid outstanding loop woven integral with the said web with the sides at one portion 'of its length springing from the web on lines separated by a plurality of picks of the web, producing thereby an arch of comparatively wide spread, and having a constricted second portion of its length with its sides springing from the web on lines immediately adjoining each other. v

6. A woven carrier comprising a supporting web and a series of pockets constituted by loops standing out from one surface thereof, the said outstanding 'loops woven integral with the said web, each loop having the sides of one portion of its length springing from the web cn lines separated by a plurality of picks of 'the web, producing thereby an arch of comparatively wide spread, and having a constricted second portion of its length .with its sides springing from the web on lines immediately adjoining eachother.

7. A woven carrier comprising a web and a pocket constituted by a loop standing out from one surface thereof, the said outstanding loop woven integral with the said web and with the walls thereof of uniform thickness from end to end, with the sides of one portion of its length springin from the web on lines separated by a pluraty of picks of the web, producing thereby an arch of comparatively wide spread, and having a constricted second portion of its length with its sides springing from the web on lines immediatel adjoining each other.

8. woven carrier comprising a supporting web and a series of pockets constituted by loops standing out' from one surface thereof, the said outstanding loops woven integral with the said web and with the walls of each thereof of uniform thickness from end to end, each loop having the sides' of one portion of its length springing from the web on lines separated by a plurality of picks of the web, producing thereby an arch of comparatively wide spread, and having a constricted second portion of its length with its sides springing from the web on lines immediately adjoining each other.

9. A woven carrier comprising a web and a pocket constituted by a tubular loop standing out from one surface thereof, the said outstanding loop woven integral with the said web and with the sides of one portion springing from the web on lines separated by a plurality of picks of the web whereby such portion is spread widthwise, and hav-v ing an adjoining portion which is constricty ed by its sides springing from a narrow base in connection with the said web.

l0. A woven carrier comprising a supnaciones porting web and a series of pockets constitut-ed by tubular loops standing out from one surface thereof, and woven integral therewith, and with lthe sides of one portion of each outstanding loop springing from the web onv lines separated by a plurality of picks of the web whereby such portion is spread widthwise,and with an adjoining portion constricted by the sides thereof springing from a narrow base in connection with the said web. l

11. A woven carrier .comprising a, web and a open at both ends standing out bodily from one -surface thereof, the said outstanding loop having an end-extension of smaller diameter constituting a constriction.y

12. A woven carrier comprising a continuous supporting web and a series .of pockets constituted by tubular loops open at both ends standing out bodily from one surface thereof, each of said `outstanding loops having an end-extension of smaller diameter constituting a constriction.

13. A woven carrier comprising a su-pporting web and a pocket constituted by a loop open at both ends, standing out from one surface of said web, and having fewer picks of weft in one end-portion thereof than elsewhere thereby producing a constricted end-section.

14. A woven carrier comprising ,a continuous supporting web and a series of pockets each constituted by a loop open at both ends, said pocket-loops standing out from one surface of the web and each having fewer picks of weft in one end-portion thereof than elsewhere thereby producing a constrieted end-section.

15. A woven carrier comprising a web and a pocket constituted by a loop open at both ends woven integral with the said web, with the sides of one portion of said loop springing from the web on lines separated by a plurality of picks of weft, and having a constricted adjoining portion with its sides springing from a narrower -base in connection with the web and containing fewer picks of weft than the first portion.

16. A woven carrier comprising a supporting web and a series of pockets'constituted by loops integral therewith, each loop open at bothends, with the sides of one portion of a loop springing from the web on lines separated by a plurality of picks of weft and those of a second portion springing j from a narrower base in connection with the web, the said second portion containing fewer picks of weft.

1T. A woven carrier comprising a web and an outstanding pocket' having a section of relatively-reduced diameter constituting a constriction, said pocket formed of a loopply which springs from the web on lines that pocket constituted by a tubular loop Leccese are widely spaced apart in the portion of larger` diameter and that are close together in the constriction.

18. A Woven carrier comprising a web and an outstanding pocket having a section"v of relatively-reduced diameter constituting a constriction, said pocket Jformed of a loopply/ Which in the portion of larger diameter springs from the web on lines that are separated by a space, and at 'the constriction is bound to the remainder of the web across intermediate portions of the distance subtended by the said larger portion and springs from the web on lines that are close together.

l In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature 15 in presence of two Witnesses.

VICTOR H. J ENNINGS. Witnesses:

CHAS. F. RANDALL, EUGENE A. SissoN. 

